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War and Ethics in the Ancient Near East

Name: War and Ethics in the Ancient Near East
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Author: C.L. Crouch
ISBN: 9783110223514

Military Violence in Light of Cosmology and History

by C.L. Crouch

Hardback
248 pages
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter& Co
15.6 x 23.4 x 1.7 cm

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For students of ancient history and theology.

Explains the link between war, kingship, and ethics.

Helps you frame Israelite ethics in a wider context.

Discover how cosmological beliefs shaped the ethics of ancient Near Eastern warfare.

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This monograph considers the relationships of ethical systems in the ancient Near East through a study of warfare in Judah, Israel and Assyria in the eighth and seventh centuries BCE. It argues that a common cosmological and ideological outlook generated similarities in ethical thinking, with kings' military activities made morally imperative by their identification with a cosmic struggle against chaos. The research begins the discussion of ancient Near Eastern ethics outside of Israel and Judah and fills a scholarly void by placing Israelite and Judahite ethics within this context.